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  How India laid the foundation for its first Mondo track in Delhi? SAI secretary reveals | Exclusive

  Other Sports | August 29, 2025 21:38 IST

  On National Sports Day, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated India’s first-ever Mondo track at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, a project long in the making and seen as a milestone for the country’s sporting future.

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  1.5 crore for what, from whom? Ashwini Ponnappa slams reports claiming amounts received by players

  Other Sports | August 13, 2024 15:12 IST

  Indian shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa quashed reports claiming the amount of money received by the players for the Paris Olympics. The said report stated that Ashwini Ponnappa and her doubles partner Tanisha Crasto received INR 1.5 crore each from SAI's Mission Olympic Cell allocation.

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  SAI calls back entire Indian contingent from Slovenia in wake of allegations against coach

  Other Sports | June 08, 2022 12:12 IST

  The Indian cyclists who were training in Slovenia were called back to the country after a female cyclist accused chief coach RK Sharma of ''inappropriate behaviour." 

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  SAI appoints 398 coaches, assistant coaches in preparation of Olympics 2024 and 2028

  Other Sports | February 16, 2022 19:29 IST

  The new batch of coaches and assistant coaches has a host of eminent names, including Asian Games gold medallist rower Bajrang Lal Thakar. He joins as rowing coach.

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  SAI to hold national selection trials for wrestling from Feb 14, for judo from Feb 15

  Other Sports | February 09, 2022 12:14 IST

  While the wrestling trials will take place at SAI's Sonepat, Lucknow, and Mumbai centres, judo trials will take place in NCoE Imphal and Bhopal.

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  SAI to shut down training centres amid rise in COVID-19 cases, camps for elite athletes to continue

  Other Sports | January 10, 2022 14:54 IST

  The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday said it has decided to close its 67 training centres across the country due to rising COVID-19 cases but national camps for elite athletes will continue in bio-bubbles.

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  SAI approves extension of athletics national camp till March 31

  Other Sports | January 04, 2022 20:37 IST

  The sports governing body approved the extension of athletics camps across five different locations in the country.

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  20 sportspersons added to TOPS list for 2024 Olympics, total rises to 148

  Other Sports | December 13, 2021 21:44 IST

  Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support under TOPS at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry.

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  SAI to draw up fresh list of TOPS core group in October for next Olympic cycle

  Other Sports | September 29, 2021 20:33 IST

  India achieved unprecedented success in the Tokyo Games this year by winning seven medals, including a historic gold in athletics.

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  Badminton body writes to SAI to conduct national camp ahead of domestic season

  Other Sports | July 13, 2021 8:36 IST

  Around 70-75 players will be part of the camp, including top players like Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, N sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa.

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  SAI to pay for Olympic-bound shooters' competition-cum-training tour of Croatia

  Other Sports | May 08, 2021 18:12 IST

  A 15-member Olympic-bound Indian team will leave for Zagreb, Croatia on May 11 in a chartered flight to participate in the European Championship in Osijek from May 20 to June 6.

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  SAI suspends coach for alleged sexual assault on minor

  Other Sports | April 22, 2021 20:09 IST

  The accused, who is above 50 years of age and is an athletics coach, is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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  SAI gives elite trainees summer break amid rising Covid-19 cases

  Other Sports | April 09, 2021 20:40 IST

  According to SAI, the government will arrange for the safe return of all NCOE athletes who are heading home.

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  36 persons, including 24 athletes, test COVID-19 positive in SAI Bhopal; none Olympic bound

  Other Sports | April 07, 2021 17:47 IST

  According to SAI, the positive cases came to light during two rounds of precautionary tests on April 3 and 6. The SAI Bhopal Center doesn't house any Olympic probable.

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  30 found COVID positive in SAI tests at Patiala, Bengaluru; no Olympic-bound athlete in list

  Other Sports | March 31, 2021 18:25 IST

  The boxers who have tested positive include Asian silver-medallist Deepak Kumar and India Open gold-medallist Sanjit.

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  SAI seeks report over flouting of Covid-19 norms at wrestling nationals

  Other Sports | January 24, 2021 13:08 IST

  It was reported that social distancing norms and other procedures put in place by the sports ministry were flouted at the indoor arena of the Noida Stadium.

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  SAI to employ Olympians, Paralympians as coaches at its centres

  Other Sports | January 14, 2021 14:35 IST

  The employment process, already underway, creates vacancies for 23 assistant coaches and four coaches.

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  Government sanctions 40-day Hungary training camp for Vinesh Phogat and her team

  Other Sports | December 25, 2020 12:50 IST

  The camp will take place from December 28 to January 24 at the Vasas Sports Club in Budapest, Hungary and from January 24 to February 5 at the Olympic Training Centre in Szczryk in Poland.

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  Arpinder Singh unhappy with TOPS exclusion

  Other Sports | December 01, 2020 12:36 IST

  The triple jumper says dropping him without any events to show his performance during lockdown was demoralising.

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  Four Olympic-quota winning boxers inducted in TOPS by Sports Authority of India

  Other Sports | November 30, 2020 20:05 IST

  The decision to include them in the scheme was taken at the 50th Mission Olympic Cell meeting held on November 26.